I see, well if the radar was made compatible, the MiG as a platform could give quite a lot of energy to that missile.
Could be interesting to see that fit + the R-37M’s
i mean there’s really no reason to not just use r37ms, because they’re much longer ranged. although they do take different pylons so there’s actually no problem with that actually. it still takes less total arh missiles than an su-35s though… so there’s no point using the mig-31 over that. su-35s also has much better thrust to weight so much better acceleration, only thing it lacks is super top end speed.
max 10 missiles (6 37s and 4 77s)
Spoiler
a more likely loadout would be:
6x r37
2x r77
2x r73
alltho 4x r77 is also possible (but i personally prefer having atleast some IR missiles)
it can also carry r60 double pylons
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A “loss” of lift? There practically is none.
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here’s a photo of su30sm (left) and su30sm2 (right). you can really see the differences, the most prominent one imo is the extra antenna below the nose on the sm2
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from that angle yes
but if you see it from the front or top you can look at the leading edge to differentiate them
Su-30SM2:
Su-30SM:
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hopefully it means extended rwr angles
you also can clearly see additonal cm pods
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Su-30SM has SPO-30, Su-30SM2 has SPO-32.
Well, RWR antennas are those little knobs. But this giant radiotransparent panel makes me wonder if it’s those mythical L-band radar antennas that are rumored to be on Su-35S in the leading edge slats.
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never heard anyone refer to l-150 as spo 30/32. even in russian publications it still calls it Л150
Functionality wise they could be identiical. It seems that it’s still a good old L-150 just tweaked for SM2 airframe. Like it was done for most of Flanker airframes
you mean these?
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in your video the su30 is dying out and cant rebuild any energy. in dcs the su30 can rebuild the energy after stall.
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yeah because the su30 has like 0 lift at high aoa in wt compared to dcs. but the maneuver is still possible, just the recovery is uh… questionable. like i wanted to do the side to side motion the su30 in dcs did as well but the moment i tried to do it i realized i wouldve just crashed lol so i went full recovery mode
Yeah, they were shown but i couldn’t find any info if they are actually installed on Su-35S or were just offered. Tho with SM2 leading edge slats i am inclined to believe that those panels are for them.
the saddest thing when the su30 come to the dev server the flight model pretty accurate to real life. they just overnerf for usamain crying like the mig29 flight models. so the su30 dont need better engine just need a normal flight model
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no it wasnt
it was even worse
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im pretty sure it actually got buffed in dev lol, su30 first dev was horrendous. they buffed all flankers that dev
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